SUMMER APPLES. 
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DESCRIPTION OF SUMMER APPLES. 
Class I. Red striped fruit. 
Order I. Height and breadth equal or subequal. 
B. Ends unequal. 
1. AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN [Thompson). 
Early Summer Pearmain, Ccxe. 
Fig. 
Fruit medium size, tapering moderately from 
the base to the crown, circular. Skin spotted 
with yellow and red on the shaded side, and 
striped with lively red and yellow upon the 
sunny side. Stem f inch long, set in a deep 
depression. Calyx set in a deep depression. 
Flesh yellowish and tender. Flavor rich and 
pleasant. 
A New-Jersey Apple, supposed by Mr. 
Downing to have been produced from a seed 
of the English Summer Pearmain. It grows 
well on sandy soils. 
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2. EARLY RED MARGARET [Thompson, Lindley). 
Red Juneating. Margaret or Striped Juneating, Ronalds. Early Red Juneating. Eve Apple of the Irish. Striped 
Juneating. Margarctha Apfel of the Germans. 
Fruit slightly below the medium size, round-ovate, tapering from the middle to the crown, 
circular: base much greater than the crown. Stem thick, short, subequaling the base, 
and set in a rather deep depression. Calyx set in a small shallow depression. Flesh 
white and subacid : flavor rich, pleasant and agreeable. 
This apple ripens in July. The tree is slender, and is a moderate bearer. 
3. SOPS OF WINE [Lindley, Ross). 
Sops in Wine, Ray, 1688. Rode Wyn Apfel, Knoop. Sapson, Kenkick. 
Fruit below the medium size, globular, tapering from the middle to the crown, fair, cir¬ 
cular, crimson, striped on the sunny side with purplish crimson, and covered with a 
delicate white bloom. Stem slender. Flesh white and stained with a pinkish hue, juicy 
and crisp : taste subacid : flavor pleasant. 
This fruit lasts till October: and though not regarded as one of the best, yet its beauty 
and qualities combined make it deserving of cultivation. 
